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When I was a youngster, I remember my mother frantically scrounging together coins to pay for a visit by a small-town #Ontario doctor.
We kids were desperately sick, and she was exhausted & frightened enough to call him, despite the cost.
So, it is unsettling to hear rumblings that these govt's are also banking on widespread illness, death & healthcare chaos to make us think Canada's public healthcare has failed and that we would receive better care if we paid.
"Wait-weary Canadians ready to embrace private care..."
No. National Post, we’re not.
We want the provinces to fund healthcare properly. Most Canadians do not want a US system where people must pay for healthcare out of their own pockets.
@gemelliz Having lived in both US and Canada, please believe me Canadians should not want the US system. It's cruel and barbaric. Both US political parties fully support this for-profit system, backed of course by the political donations of for profit health insurers.
In Canada, these cynical efforts always begin with "but the wait times! and hey, we should have a tiered system!". It's a trojan horse. This is private health insurers propaganda, always.
@veirling @gemelliz With the provincial govt scheming for it, the American or right winged owned media pushing for it, and the majority of the electorate that either appears to see no connection between the ills it complains about and its vote or continues to pursue vote splitting in aid of securing its own team’s win I really feel private health care is inevitable. Nor is this something that once done can be undone by succeeding govts.
@JamesLHSprague @gemelliz "...private health care is inevitable. Nor is this something that once done can be undone by succeeding govts."
James, this is so true. Once it's gone, you'll never get it back. As has been pointed out, major media will be collaborators. Some good news? Still strong support in many other provinces and Ontario will greatly suffer by comparison if the province falls to privatization. I sincerely hope Ontarians will fight before it's too late.